70 FR 83 pgs. 22761-22762 - Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Amended Notice of Meeting

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 83Pages: 22761 - 22762
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-8711 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Veterans Affairs Department
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies; Amended Notice of Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under the Public Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Advisory Committee on CARES Business Plan Studies has changed the meeting previously scheduled at the Municipal Auditorium, 310 East 3rd Street, Big Spring, TX 79720, on Friday, May 13, 2005, from 8 a.m. until 12 noon and from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m., to Wednesday, May 18, 2005, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m., same location. The meeting is open to the public.

The purpose of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on proposed business plans at those VA facility sites identified in May 2004 as requiring further study by the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Decision document.

The agenda at each meeting will include presentations on objectives of the CARES project and the project's timeframes. Additional presentations will focus on the VA-selected contractor's methodology and tools to develop business plan options, as well as the methodology for gathering and evaluating stakeholder input. The agenda will also accommodate public commentary on site-specific issues.

Interested persons may attend and present oral or written statements to the Committee. For additional information regarding the meetings, please contact Mr. Jay Halpern, Designated Federal Officer, (00CARES), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20024 by phone at (202) 273-5994, or by e-mail at jay.halpern@hq.med.va.gov .

Dated: April 25, 2005.

By Direction of the Secretary.

E. Philip Riggin,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 05-8711 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]

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